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Criminal record of seven expunged after police review discovered identity theft Published on Apr 05, 2013 By Selina Lum Over a period of 33 years, seven people were unwittingly convicted - in name - for crimes they did not commit. Their identities had been misused by the real culprits...

Man jailed for damaging bus stop glass panels with drain cover and stone Published on Apr 03, 2013 Aw Chye Hock, 52, was sentenced to seven weeks in prison and a $5,000 fine on April 3 2013. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Elena Chong An excavation operator was jailed for seven...

Ex-Chinese Official Gets 15 Months Jail in Singapore By Andrea Tan on April 02, 2013 Li Huabo, a former local government official accused of a 94 million yuan ($15 million) fraud in China, was sentenced to 15 months in jail for receiving stolen money in his Singapore bank accounts...

Man arrested for jewellery theft Posted: 22 March 2013 1231 hrs SINGAPORE: Police arrested a 37-year-old suspect for stealing jewellery from a goldsmith shop and making off with watches from a pawnshop. The suspect was caught on March 20, hours after he had allegedly stolen two watches from...

New community policing programme to help fight loansharking AsiaOne Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 SINGAPORE - The Singapore Police Force (SPF) launched the Community Safety & Security Programme (CSSP) - "Anti-Unlicensed Moneylending (Anti-UML) Roadshow 2013" on March 16 at Bedok Point Shopping...

Prisons Act to be amended to introduce Conditional Remission System By S Ramesh | Posted: 07 March 2013 2025 hrs Barbed wires outside a prison SINGAPORE: The Home Affairs Ministry will be amending the Prisons Act this year to help repeat offenders break the cycle of re-offending and...

15 arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Friday, Feb 22, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police arrested 13 men and 2 women on Thursday for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The suspects, aged between 24 and 53 years, are believed to have opened bank accounts and gave away their ATM...

Serial handphone robbers caught AsiaOne Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - Four males and a female, aged between 17 to 26, who are believed to be involved in several cases of robberies have been arrested. Since early February, the police received several reports of robberies where the...

High Court reserves judgement on challenge to Penal Code section By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY | Posted: 14 February 2013 2248 hrs File photo of Singapore's financial district across the Singapore River. (AFP/File - Simin Wang) SINGAPORE: A High Court reserved judgment on Thursday on a...

Jurong West molester caught by 4 bystanders AsiaOne Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 27-year-old man was arrested for molesting a woman near Jurong West Street 24 on Feb 12. On Tuesday at about 9.30 pm, the victim was sending a SMS with her mobile phone at the void deck of a...

Biker fined for causing hurt to police officer manning road block Published on Feb 08, 2013 By Elena Chong A man whose motorcycle hit a cop at a police roadblock was fined a total of $2,300 and banned from driving for 12 months on Friday on two charges. Muhammad Izwandi Zainor, 22...

Man arrested for molesting woman on bus AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 42-year-old man believed to have molested a woman on board a bus from Woodlands Regional Interchange to Turf City. A report by a female victim was received at about 9.40pm on December...

Europe match-fixing probe reveals link to S'pore-based criminal network Posted: 04 February 2013 2208 hrs SINGAPORE: European police have found evidence that a Singapore-based criminal network is involved in fixing about 380 football matches across Europe. Robert Wainwright, director of...

Another cyclist involved in road accident on Wed AsiaOne | Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 SINGAPORE - In the wake of the tragic accident which killed two young boys on Monday, another road accident involving a cyclist was reported on Wednesday. According to the Shin Min Daily News, the accident...

Cement truck kills 2 boys at Tampines traffic junction By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 28 January 2013 2142 hrs Police at the scene of the accident at Tampines Street 45. (Photo: Kimberly Spykerman) SINGAPORE: Two brothers died after they were hit by a cement truck near Dunman...

Fugitive robber who fled to Thailand jailed 7 years, given 24 strokes of the cane Published on Jan 25, 2013 By Elena Chong A young robber who fled to Thailand after he was charged with a series of robbery and cheating offences was sentenced to seven years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane...

Police bust 'association' used as gambling den AsiaOne Monday, Jan 21, 2013 Police yesterday arrested 9 men aged between 37 and 78 for operating and gaming in an illegal gambling den which masqueraded as an association. In a five-hour joint-operation which started at about 11am on January...

Police nab 51-year-old robbery suspect in Henderson Published on Jan 15, 2013 Posed photo of a man in handcuffs. Police have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection with a Stirling Road robbery that was reported on Saturday.-- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN Police have arrested a 51-year-old...

Man dies in fight at Changi Village Posted: 15 January 2013 1222 hrs SINGAPORE: A 45-year-old man died in a fight at an entertainment outlet in Changi Village Road. Police responded to a call about the fight at Block 5 at about 11:30pm on Monday. They said the victim was sent to Changi...

Lawyer fined $2,000, disqualified from driving for 18 months for drink-driving Published on Jan 09, 2013 Lawyer, Dennis Chua Soon Chai, 62, was fined $2,000 and disqualified from driving for 18 months on Wednesday for drink-driving. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Khushwant Singh A...